Helium unveils IoT platform, sensors for enterprise applications; Aeris survey tracks end-user attitudes on IoT benefits, pain points; new apps and partners for Enlighted; Tata Consultancy Services launches eight new IoT managed services; Trimble, Raven collaborate to give farmers flexibility; Silver Spring Networks introduces new operation tools for utilities.
The Midwest hospital operator is deploying a solution from Cardinal Health across all cath labs, GI labs and operating rooms, to track the high-value implants and surgical devices kept onsite.
The telecom provider has rolled out a new Internet of Things development platform called ThingSpace and has halved the cost of a cellular modem for IoT devices. Early next year, it will also launch a bespoke IoT network infrastructure.
New Identec Solutions tag combines RFID, GPS, satellite communications ••• Beaconinside launches second-gen beacon hardware and software ••• Thinfilm receives $350K through FlexTech Alliance to extend sensor platform ••• Global RFID market for retail to near $4 billion in 2019, Technavio finds ••• Schreiner LogiData unveils new NFC label for Android smartphones.
The medical and pharmaceutical products and services provider will be the cornerstone sponsor for RFID Journal’s 8th annual conference and exhibition for the health-care sector, to be held on Dec. 2-3.
The low-power, long-range IoT network covers the entire city, but applications that will leverage it have yet to be announced.
The company’s real-time locating system uses Bluetooth-beacon tags and receivers with integrated antennas to track personnel and assets, determining location within a few centimeters.
Costs are a major consideration, but from better engaging with your customers to improving regulatory compliance, IoT technologies offer a wide range of business benefits.
Using its proprietary heartbeat authentication system, Nymi is rolling out wristbands that serve as physical and logical access-control devices, and, in the future, may double as MasterCard payment cards.
No bigger than a grain of rice, the new XXS tags are tiny enough to be embedded in very small medical tools, and have a read range of 1.6 to 2 feet.
RFID4U will offer intensive, one-day RFID certification training at RFID Journal’s 11th annual European conference, to be held in London on Nov. 9-10.
Smart glasses and other devices could be a boon for productivity, but now is the best time to start investigating potential impacts from their long-term use.